I’ve been wanting to write this post for ages. Process art is so important to me and at the root of pretty much all the work that I do. I am the art teacher at a Reggio Inspired Preschool in addition to teaching process based art to over 50 children a week...
I think I’ve said before that every once in a while a project comes around that totally rocks and all the kids I teach love as well as my own kids. Well, this is that project. If you have kids age 3-6, making robot puppets with tinker trays is a total home...
We’re always looking for new and interesting surfaces to paint on. When someone donated a box full of old scratched records to my work I knew they’d be a hit with the kids. Next time you see some records at a yard sale don’t pass them up. 10 cents...
Am I weird for thinking this Salt Painting Collage belongs in a museum? Because I seriously do. I mean, look at those colors! Kids are just amazing and this process art activity is a fantastic, multi layered experience that they just love. I highly recommend it....
Last week in art class one of the kids requested to make robots. I had made robots years ago using duct tape and recycled boxes. They came out really great but I felt like I needed something new. These tinker tray robots did just the trick. They were so much fun...
Oh, collage, how I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love you because you are totally open-ended, and great for any age, including adults. I love collage for so many reasons, but mostly because the process is so therapeutic. You can do layer after layer and it...